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[at-l] Perception/Quote



> While it is true that subjective reality can affect our lives, there is
> also objective *REALITY*. For an example of perception that does not match
> reality read <http://www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2005/001/3.8.html>.
> Simply believing something is true may make you feel better about
yourself,
> but it still doesn't make it true. We all need a reality check from time
to
> time.
>
It is so sad how true that article is. It's true about every church I've
ever attended, if I stayed long enough to see it. It's been true about me in
the past. It may be true about me again in the future.

The most recent church that I went to regularly takes in ~500,000 per month,
but their outlay to local charities (foodbank, free clinic, etc.) was 400
dollars! That's 8/100ths of 1%. My wife and I felt very comfortable and
accepted there, but our consciences wouldn't let us stay. As of now, we're
just tithing directly to the food bank. We don't know what else to do. There
is one church in a nearby county that has a program which feeds ~2,000
people on a weekly basis. However, stories like that are few and far
between.

There is no way that Christians will ever truly convert large numbers of
folks until we make the old saw true and "practice what we preach." Like a
lot of things, it's a one-day-at-a-time, every day type of thing.

Frank